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Catherine the Great
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| Name | Catherine the Great (1729 - 1796) | |
| Also Known As | Ekaterina Empress (Tsarina) of All the Russias | |
| Biography | Catherine was born in 1729 in Stettin (which was then part of Prussia, but is now in Poland). | Main source: Catherine the Great - Empress of all the Russias |
| Catherine overthrew her husband Peter III in 1762 and became Tsarina Catherine II. | ||
| Catherine the Great was one of the 'enlightened autocrats' of the 18th Century. She was a 'Westerniser'. | ||
| She greatly enlarged Russian influence (for example, her invasion of the Crimea) whilst also modernising its institutions (for example, the establishment of the Duma and introduction of European-style education). | ||
| Catherine died in 1796. | ||
| Catherine Quote | I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his. Catherine the Great. | |
| Links | Catherine the Great - Empress of all the Russias. A useful site with a chronology and other resources. Genealogy of the Romanov Royal House entry on Catherine the Great - by Timo Haapanen. The Princess who became an Empress. On Ursula's History Web. |